It seems to me here, you are damned if you do and you are damned if you don’t.
This was a specific request from the customer to retain maximum original material and the skin work is deemed to be within original manufacturers tolerance.
Clearly photographing with flash, or light source behind the the camera, at 2 or 3 degrees to the skin line is exacerbating the apparent shadow effect.
Mark
Thanx for the clarification on the customer’s requirements and specs Peter….that is very laudible of him and in keeping with what I try to do with my projects (i.e. re-use/make do and mend). This makes her more original and akin to what she would have looked like ‘in service’.
One of my fav Mustangs is Twilight Tear, at the Gathering she looked real and used unlike all the shiny and immaculate (though lovely) examples.
I have seen a photo of a Spit somewhere with the D Day stripes applied by a 6 inch brush…..can you imagine the outcry from some quarters if an aircraft turned up at a show like that!? Not by me though. I also have a photo of a jeep with crudely applied markings/numbers…..never seen one at Beltring like that!
Hats off to the owner and restorer of RM927!:)
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